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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installation of Nessus Server and License Management
  2. Verification and updating of plugins
  3. Scanning Windows environments
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Review of preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning:

  1. Executing simple scans
  2. Running scans using predefined templates
  3. Creating templates from preloaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting Nessus output files
  2. Comprehending risk ratings and scoring
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to streamline output
  4. Validating scan findings
  5. Generating Nessus reports

Detailed Review of Plugins:

  1. Exploring data discovery plugins
  2. Analyzing system-specific plugins
  3. Examining compliance plugins

Requirements

Fundamental understanding of common protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP.

Basic familiarity with the OSI model layers.

Essential knowledge of IP addressing.

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